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Blurb: “Fredric Brown (1906-1972) was one of the most interestingly off-beat writers working inthe mystery and science fiction fields in the
'40's and 50's. Author of such classics as The
Screaming Mimi, What Mad Universe, Night of-the Jabberwock, The Fabulous Clipjoint andothers, he also produced some very noir crime
novels in his later years, including Knock 3-1-2, The Wench Is Dead, His Name Was Death, and The Far Cry. Much admired by other writers for his mastery of the short forms and his in-
genious plotting, two collections of his mystery
short stories appeared during his lifetime, Mostly Murder and The Shaggy Dog and Other Murders. The present Fredric Brown Pulp Detective Series collects the best of his previously unreprinted work, mostly in the mystery field, but including an unfinished previously unpublished science fiction/ mystery, Brother Monster, left at the time of his death, and various other previously unpublished shorter works.
Donald Westlake comments: "Fredric Brown had one of the eeriest and most fascinating minds of his time. From novels like The Screaming Mimi to short stories like "Don't Look Behind You," he consistently saw new visions of strangeness and fear, or new ways of seeing the old. Every day was the day of the Jabberwock in that fertile imagination. He is gone, but his imagination remains, witty and bizzare."”